# Poem: Being Afraid

Author: zetasyanthis
Tags: Dragoness, Fear, Mental heath, Poem

#5 of 2021 Mental Health Crisis

A poem about sharing the fact that we're all afraid inside.

Being afraid, all the time,  
Being afraid, forever,   
Being afraid, in your mind,  
and labelled "disturbed" forever.

Being unseen, and being afraid,  
and being forever lost,  
We need each other; we need ourselves  
to cope with darkest loss.

To hope for days with sunshine new,  
we know not how to do.  
We only know death's siren call  
telling us what to do.

We hide our hearts  
We hide our souls,  
We hide our heartstrings too.  
We do not know how to come forth  
and share our terror too.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/214rx8wm
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